Wanderer
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What's the consensus here of said soldier's impending murder charge? During one particularly slow start to a contract at one Bank, I downloaded both the Widgery Report and the Saville Report and I have to say the former comes across as a whitewash and the latter a complete forensic analysis.
Also having worked with guys in the past who were there (NI and Derry generally, not Derry that day), reckon the Paras were not the people to send into a situation like that. This is from Jimmy McGovern's 'Sunday'. Ok it's telly but if you read the Saville Report and even the widgery one in terms of events it's pretty accurate.
I find it a difficult one, I'm of direct Irish (Catholic) decent, have enormous respect for the professionalism of the British Army but if events are only half true as described it was murder. Was it a war? Certainly the various sectarian factions thought it was but as I recall the Army were sent in basically to police as the RUC couldn't cope.
Also having worked with guys in the past who were there (NI and Derry generally, not Derry that day), reckon the Paras were not the people to send into a situation like that. This is from Jimmy McGovern's 'Sunday'. Ok it's telly but if you read the Saville Report and even the widgery one in terms of events it's pretty accurate.
I find it a difficult one, I'm of direct Irish (Catholic) decent, have enormous respect for the professionalism of the British Army but if events are only half true as described it was murder. Was it a war? Certainly the various sectarian factions thought it was but as I recall the Army were sent in basically to police as the RUC couldn't cope.